Hartford— State Representative Jason Perillo (R-113th) hailed the passage of H.B. 7001, which consolidates Connecticut’s Probate Court system, as a victory for Shelton residents. The bill, passed with Rep. Perillo’s support, retains a dedicated courthouse for the City of Shelton.
“It was nice to see that Connecticut legislators listened to the concerns of Shelton residents that [...]
From: The Huntington Herald
September 16, 2009
The U.S. Congress is notoriously dysfunctional when it comes to writing legislation. All too frequently, bills are written by a small number of members in the dead of night, the text running hundreds if not thousands of pages long. The bill is then summarily called for a vote without giving [...]
From: The Huntington Herald, September 2, 2009
In the context of the ongoing budget debate at the State Capitol, I cannot help but offer an old cliché as advice to my colleagues:
“Don’t eat your seed corn.”
The meaning is simple: even in times of hunger, it is better to plant a crop that will provide a steady [...]
SPC Brian Shimer of the 82nd Airborne Division, Charlie Company, holds a Connecticut State Flag flown over his unit’s base in Iraq. Shimer is a Shelton native whose parents, Heather and Russell Shimer, asked elected officials from all fifty states to donate a flag in recognition of the 82nd Airborne’s heritage as the “All-American Division” [...]
Hartford— State Representative Jason Perillo issued the following statement on 700-plus page budget plan approved today by the House of Representatives:
“It was my duty as a representative of the people and a champion of the taxpayers to vote against this budget. Democrat leadership dumped a bill totaling over 700 pages on our desks just hours [...]
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